34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to full-time office work

Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by benbristow on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:39PM (#26728142)

It feels a lot more natural if you're sitting right next to someone or just around the corner. You can peek and make an educated decision of whether they look busy or not.

If it's a call it's a bit out of the blue. Maybe they don't have their headset around/plugged in, maybe they're doing something like eating or doing laundry. You just don't know because all you see is an activity status icon.

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Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by ghaff on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:43PM (#26728217)

I pretty much never call anyone out of the blue. I'd almost certainly message them and ask them if we can have a quick call.

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Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by benbristow on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:45PM (#26728251)

I still feel sending a message for 'if we can have a quick call' is still similar to being out the blue. I feel like I'm putting pressure on someone at this time.

Maybe it's just me/my personality.

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Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by ghaff on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:09PM (#26731340)

If i got a message like that:

- I either wouldn't see it because I'm involved in something out and messages are not priority interrupts. (i.e. I don't have notifications turned on.)

- Or, if I see it but now isn't a good time, I'll reply something like sure but right now is a bit crazy. Call my cell at xPM. (Or I'll drop something on your calendar.)

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Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by jen20 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @10:38PM (#26734486)

> I feel like I'm putting pressure on someone at this time.

It is nothing like the imposition of requiring them to commute to an office to be interrupted at will.

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Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by dzhiurgis on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:55PM (#26731899)

At this point I'd say disable notifications and check messages every 45 minutes once you're out of flow.

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Re:34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to fu... by u801e on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:59PM (#26733227)

I have one coworker like that. It turns out that we're not able to schedule it until near the end of the day and it's just a simple question that could have been typed by them and answered by me far sooner had they typed the question instead of can we have a quick call.

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